Pactiv, LLC

An employee jumped up on the concrete floor to retrieve an empty 5-gallon bucket from on top of a storage cabinet. When he landed, his right femur fractured.

On January 6, 2025, at approximately 11:56 PM, an employee was clearing products from the packing table of a trim press when their left middle finger came in contact with the die. The employee sustained amputation of their left middle finger pad.

An employee was removing plastic shards from a machine using a compressed air hose. She stepped on the guardrail to gain better access to the accumulated plastic and her hair was caught in the rotating canopy drive shaft. The employee suffered hair loss and scalp damage. The machine was not guarded at the time.

An employee's face struck the handle on a machine resulting in chipped teeth and a laceration inside the mouth.

An employee was traveling forward in a forklift when it struck a support beam. The employee sustained a fractured femur.

On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.

An employee was examining a machine when a part moved up and amputated a fingertip on their left hand.

An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.

An employee's right hand was caught in a wire drawing machine, resulting in amputation.

An employee was removing a bolt from a caliber on a machine with one foot on the platform and the other foot on the piece of equipment. As he went to loosen the bolt, he lost his balance and fell four feet to the ground.

An employee was jogging a loose belt on a machine. The machine's sprocket and belt caught the employee's right hand and lacerated the top of it. The employee was hospitalized.

A pallet had been loaded onto a trolley to be picked up for wrapping, but a broken bottom board on the pallet was blocking an entry roller sensor, tripping it and preventing the trolley from moving. An employee removed the board and the trolley began to travel. Her left knee and thigh were lodged between the framing of the trolley and a stationary pallet insert line. She suffered a laceration to the back of the thigh.

An employee put a roll of lamination film on a lamination machine to laminate (glue) two pieces of film together. When he pushed the button to disengage a roll from the machine, the empty roll moved over and his right middle finger was caught between the metal rod and the core of the laminate roll. The fingertip was amputated.

An employee was traveling forward in a forklift when it struck a support beam. The employee sustained a fractured femur.

An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.

A casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his finger.

During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.

An employee slipped on condensation on a walkway in a parking garage. She fell and suffered a closed fracture to the neck of the left femur.

An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.